Browsing: Logistics & Supply Chain

Alain Baeyens, lead buyer of logistics services from Solvay, and David Antunes, regional officer supply chain & operations management from Metro Central East Europe, have joined the Steering Board and Advisory Committee of ELUPEG

As aftershocks continue to hit Japan, and automotive plants around the world adjust to shortages of key components, perhaps it’s time to re-think our approach to supply chain risk.

The Olympics may be 16 months away, but already the logistics of keeping shelves filled and deliveries on schedule to satisfy the ten million expected visitors is starting to cause headaches.

Are supply chains changing shape? The landscape of risk affecting decisions on sourcing and procurement is shifting, making access to supplier information all the more important. By Nick Allen.

The Extended Supply Chain conference programme is packed with strategic insight, innovative thinking and useful tools for enhancing visibility, responsiveness and flexibility across the supply chain. Here’s what to expect. By Nick Allen.

There is nothing as likely to provoke professionals as seeing their profession belittled, so when the “Financial Times” last week described supply chain as “the humdrum business of shifting widgets from one location to another” (FT 22nd March), I was not